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This is where the House of Lords could and should show its mettle.https://twitter.com/pmdfoster/status/1302701541674160134 (a) There is nothing about this in the 2019 Tory election manifesto. Indeed that manifesto said that
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As usual, ignore headlines and spin. Look at what is actually said and read it carefully.https://twitter.com/mshelicat/status/1302322019548229633 This is an interesting formulation by @DavidGHFrost. Because it leaves open a U.K. commitment
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A few comments on this story.https://twitter.com/dphinnemore/status/1300522837422362624 Concentrating on this passage. 1. The first problem with the UK spokesman’s line is that it ignores economic reality. The UK’s size & geography
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A couple of reflections on this tweet by Joanna, which seems to me to distil two key planks of the nationalist case.https://twitter.com/joannaccherry/status/1299217064725487617 The central point made in the article is
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This is an interesting issue. I’m not the right person to debate the merits of Richard’s argument based on (I think) MMT.https://twitter.com/richardjmurphy/status/1297823754005946368 We agree that it’s all in the end
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A short note on this paragraph in Liz Truss’s leaked letter. First, it is important to note that under Article 5 of the Ireland/NI Protocol, the EU Customs Code (the
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The areas that are poor have changed, but the truth hasn’t.https://twitter.com/lrb/status/1280060667697954821 Incidentally, this shows how facile is Gove’s assumption that moving central government decision-makers to the regions will in
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Not great but certainly interesting.https://twitter.com/goodwinmj/status/1276995866453331977 One aspect struck me, hard: accountability is systematically seen as a nuisance and obstacle (side swipes at Public Accounts Committee, select comm
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As I read this, unless you live together, it’s now unlawful to have sex with your lover indoors, but fine outdoors (subject to public decency offences); but you can have
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The legal question is whether Cummings breached regulation 6 of the The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 as they stood at the time.https://twitter.com/bbclaurak/status/1263914317436669955 None of the
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Some thoughts on this article.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/14/why-brexit-will-delay-uk-getting-vaccine-and-cost-more?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other I have to say that I am a bit edgy about linking the current Coronavirus crisis to discussion of
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These are the sorts of questions I would be asking about the third paragraph.https://twitter.com/tomtugendhat/status/1252679936768344070 See 1. What was “the initial communication problem”? Who failed to communicate with whom? And what
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